system restore dosen't usually work

[leoliver]

Friends,
I've had problems with system restore in the past, I
will get a "failed to restore computer to a earlier time"
message. Although nothing is currently wrong with my
computer I want to be sure restore is operational. I sent
dell computers a inquiry, and they responded............
You can make system restore run with these steps:

1. Click Start->Run->Type "C:\windows\inf" (without the
quotes)

2. Look for a file named: "SR.INF" and RIGHT click on it

3. Choose "Install".

Follow the prompts, Reboot and System Restore shopuld be
ready to use.

I tried this and I could find no file"SR:INF". Is
this file needed to make system restore work? Is there
why XP can create one? Feedback will be appreciated.
Thank you!

 

[FrankV]

Click advance options in the search and it should find SR.INF then. A
warning though: it will probably ask for the system CD when you click
install.

Frank